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Dvorak Likes Linux

Posted by Sander_Marechal on · 6 comments
PCMag; By John C. Dvorak 		Mail this story
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Every so often I take a stab at Linux, to see exactly what I like and do not like about the OS. Many of its problems, for me, stem from its inability to run on my overloaded hardware, or the occasional driver that makes the OS impossible to use without hand-tweaking something or other. That said, I seriously like the Ubuntu 8.10 implementation and will now install it permanently on my latest machines. It's a winner.

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Comments (6)

jacog ·
For indeed the times are changing.

Used to hate Dvorak. It was what one was supposed to do.

But then he got a new job, and it was TC who put things into perspective. JCD in his previous incarnation was just a persona, and very few of the opinions published with his name attached were necessarily his own, or even written by himself.

So ok, this is the real Dvorak. Hopefully he keeps writing positive stuff, and hopefully his name still carries weight, even now that he has taken off the villain costume.
Sander_Marechal Story submitter ·
There's another Dvorak story in the newswire. Also positive.
bigg ·
Quoting:You should also note that almost all of the newest hardware coming out has Linux support. The critical mass has been reached.


Yes. I was happy to find that the Ralink wireless card in my Acer laptop is now supported in the Linux kernel, so everything will work out of the box with any Linux distro using that kernel. It's one thing to say you can get hardware to work, it's another to have it supported in the kernel, in which case it's better than Windows.
dinotrac ·
bigg - amen.

It was so nice not to have to jack around with my last mythbuntu install.
phsolide ·
I'll believe Dvorak has changed when ol' whats-his-name, from "Byte", Jerry Pournelle, when he throws out all of his "TSR" "productivity" "apps", and buys a Mac.
ColonelPanik ·
Dvorak + Positive? Can't be. Won't happen.

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